The Phoenix Opera is a professional opera company located in

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, United States. It is an affiliate member of

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(broken link) The company was founded as the Phoenix Metropolitan Opera in 2006 by the artistic director John Massaro and the creative director Gail Dubinbaum. Massaro and Dubinbaum are married and have both had highly successful musical careers, working with such prestigious companies as the

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/ref> The 2007 inaugural season included only one fully staged opera, Puccini's ''

La Bohème ''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...

''. In 2008/09, the company presented two fully staged productions: Verdi's '' Aida'' and Puccini's '' Tosca''. In the 2009/10 season the company presented '' Carmen'' and '' Madama Butterfly'' conducted by Massaro. In the 2010/11 season the company presented '' The Magic Flute'' and '' La Traviata''. The company performs all of its productions at the Orpheum Theatre. Notable artists to have sung with the company include the soprano Marie Te Hapuku, Fabiana Bravo, Mauro Augustini and Donnie Ray Albert.

References

External links

Official web site of the Phoenix Opera
* {{authority control American opera companies Music of Phoenix, Arizona Musical groups established in 2006 Performing arts in Arizona